O'Brien Cemetery Land Preservation Efforts

Andy McDowell, Vice President of Western Field Operations for Western Reserve Land Conservancy, will present an overview of the goals, mission and focus areas of the largest land trust in Ohio.  Working across over two dozen counties in northeast Ohio, the Land Conservancy provides the people of northern and eastern Ohio with essential natural assets through land conservation and restoration. The Land Conservancy has preserved natural areas and working farms in 28 counties across Ohio. Its urban program, Thriving Communities, works statewide to clean and green urban centers devastated by the foreclosure crisis. To date, the Land Conservancy has permanently preserved over 800 properties totaling more than 65,000 acres; helped create more than 190 public parks and preserves; led the efforts to create 50 county land banks across Ohio.  Andy will also describe one of the Land Conservancy's current projects here in the City of Hudson.